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GRACE BIBLE CHURCH222 Boulder Drive, Gallup, NM 87301

Sunday School - 9:00 AMPrayer Time - 6:00 PM

Worship Service - 10:15 AMEdge - 6:00 PM

John W. Luginbuhl, Pastor Rob Sanchez, Youth PastorChurch Office: (505) 722-5114

Pastor’s E-mail: johngracebiblegallup.orgYouth Pastor’s E-mail: robgracebiblegallup.org

www.gracebiblegallup.org

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!May5, 2013“graiuation Suniay!”

WELCOME9:00 AM Sunday School for all ages10:15 AM Worship Service

Call To WorshipWelcome/AnnouncementsPraise & WorshipRecognition of GraduatesPrayerOfferingPraise & Worship*

Scripture Reading Romans 9:30-33

Message John Luginbuhi

“Which Righteousness!”(Part 20 of Series, “The Righteousness of God!”)

The Lord’s TableClosing

*After this, children age 3 - grade 4 will be dismissed to Children’s Church.

SERVING IN THE NURSERY TODAY:Crawlers/Walkers Marji Campbell & Liz Heif

SERVING IN THE NURSERY NEXT SUNDAY:Crawlers/Walkers Brenda Manning & Madison Sutliff

LATER TObAY...6:00 PM Prayer Time in Café

6:00 PM Edge Group (after High School) meets

Grace Bible Church May 5, 2013

PRAISE & PETITION“Not to us, 0 Lord, not to us, but to Thy namegive glory because of Thy lovingkindness,because of Thy truth.”

—‘Psalm 115:1

Praise the Lord for:

1. Jesus Christ, Our Savior, Lord, Rock, Fortress. We believersare complete in Him (Col. 2:10). Praise God for salvation inChrist!

2. All of our graduates, who have worked so hard to get to thispoint!

3. A Christ-honoring AWANA “Grand Finale Night” this pastWednesday night! A HUGE crowd!

4. A wonderful Women’s Conference at our church this past Fridaynight and yesterday!

Petition the Lord for:

1. A deeper love for Jesus and the things that count for eternity; adeeper desire to share the Gospel, worship, pray, read/study theBible.

2. All our graduates: for God’s leading and provision in their lives.3. Pastor Rob, Liesl, and family as they prepare to move to the

Denver area in June.4. Couples preparing for marriage: Anders Berg & Jennifer Schell

(June 15, 2013); Emilio Esparza & Kimberly Mans (June 15,2013); Robert Scarbro & Heather DenBleyker (June 29, 2013);Chris Piano & Sarah Luginbuhl (Sept. 21, 2013); Ryan Hamilton& Erica Sowers (October 5, 2013); Lee Charles & Sarah Herington (Oct. 12, 2013)

5. Ricky Lee (Nellie Lee’s son) and Sean Begaye, both in Afghanistan; Adam Sowers (Ft. Jackson)

6. Our President, military advisors, military men and women.7. The upcoming Promise Keepers Conference (Phoenix, May

17/18)

Grace Bible Church May 5, 2013

“Which Righteousness?”(Part 20 of a Series in Romans, “The Righteousness of God!”)

Romans 9:30-33

A good bit of what we have already studied in the great bookof Romans concerns God’s righteousness as well as salvationthrough faith in Jesus Christ. In these four verses, we see acontrast - righteousness by the Law and righteousness by faith inChrist. This is foundational teaching and is what the Lord’s Table,which we will “observe” in a few minutes, is all about!

1. Righteousness by the Law (vss. 31,32)

2. Righteousness by Faith in Jesus Christ (vs. 30)

3. Never Disappointed (vs. 33)

This Week at Grace BibIe..(Here at the church unless otherwise noted.)

Monday, May66:30 PM-8:00 PM NO Life Group (CT Survey) at Marshalls’

home (1419 Elva Drive)7:00 PM-9:00 PM Life Group (1,2,3 John) at the Luginbuhls’

home (303 Cactus Rd.)

Tuesday, May 79:30 AM Ladies’ Bible Study (nursery available)5:00 PM Handbell Rehearsal5:20 PM Ladies’ Aerobics

(classroom across from offices)6:30 PM FBI Class7:00 PM Life Group (Obadiah) at DenBleykers’ home

(615 VandenBosh)

Thursday, May 95:20 PM Ladies’ Aerobics

(classroom across from offices)7:00 PM Bridal Shower for Heather DenBleyker at

Silvas’ (see insert)

Saturday, May 1111:00 AM Ladies’ Tea (see insert)

Sunday, May 12Mother’s Day!

COMING SOON:

May 17118 2013 Promise Keepers ConferenceJune 2 Farewell Reception (Lunch) in honor of Pastor

Rob, Liesl, and family

OUR GRADUATES!

WE CONGRATULATE all of our graduates!We’re proud of you and are praying for you! Keep trustingthe Lord in all you do!

COLLEGEClarissa Johnson (B.S. in Elementary Education, UNM, Albq.,Dec. 2012)Natalia Pete (Assoc. of Arts in Elementary Education, UNM,Gallup)

GALLUP HIGH SCHOOLRae-Lynn CosensT.J. SowersStephanie Walker

HILLTOP CHRISTIAN SCHOOLBeka Lewis

HOME SCHOOLKatelyn HildermanJustiri Wynne

MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLMatthew Knox

MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOLDaniel DaughertyTabitha HallockMatthew Viekman

Did we miss anyone? Please let us know as soon as possible!

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Spice of Life!

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Saturday, May 11, 2013

11:00am

Grace Bible Church

Sign up at the table in the foyer to bring finger food,

fruit, vegetable or tea cookies or sign up to decorate a

table.

If you have vintage looking cooking utensils, table cloths,

aprons, etc. we would love to use theni in our decorating.

Deadline to sign up is Sunday, May 5, 2012

For more information, contact Betsy Branson, Kim Heffenbein,

Debra Gill, Staci Spolar or Alicia Yale.

Bridal howeror Heather Denl3leyIcer

Thursday, MaY 9, at 7:00pm

At the home ofngela ilVa622 Vanden Bosch Icwy.

Robert Scarbro & Heather DenBleykerwill be married on June 29, 2013.

Ladies, you are invited to come and enjoy thistime of fellowship and fun while celebrating with

Heather on her upcoming wedding.

Heather’s “personal” favorite color is blue.The kitchen is being done in green, red, & yellow.

Robert & Heather areregistered at Wal-Mart, Target,

and Kohls.

Please see Betsy l3ranson formore information

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(505-778-5935).

significantnews forchristiansSome news that’sencouraging—somedisturbing. Read withdiscernment. Watchand pray.

rehurch AroundtheWORLD

hID

- Country inFocus: Brazil (1)

Brazil is a melting pot ofnations, with much inter

marriage between andblending of the many immigrant

ethnicities. Most Brazilians have atleast some mixed ethnic heritage. Asa country, Brazil is an emerging economic superpower with vast naturalresources and a huge laborforce. Onemajor challenge the country facesis to increase agricultural productivity without damaging the Amazonand Pantanal ecosystems—to practice stewardship versus exploitation.

There has been sustainedgrowth in the evangelical church—from 2 million in 1960 to 52 millionin 2010—meaning that Brazil hasone of the largest evangelical populations in the world.Pray for:• an end to corruption in the Brazil

ian government;• an end to poverty that still affects

millions in Brazil;• the development of strong, mature

leadership within the church;• Brazil’s indigenous people group,

the Amerindians, to no longer suffer prejudice and oppression.

Iran Convicts and SentencesAmerican Pastor (2)

The American Centerfor Law and Justice (ACLJ) saysthe recent action by an Iranian court convicting andsentencing American pastor Saeed Abedini for hisChristian faith is a travesty that underscores Iran’sviolation of international law and a reminder thatIran is one of the world’s worst offenders in reli

gious persecution.A judge of the Iranian Revolutionary Court ver

bally convicted and sentenced Pastor Saeed toeight years in prison for threatening the nationalsecurity of Iran through his leadership in Christianhouse churches.

“This is a real travesty—a mockery of justice,”said Jordan Sekulow, executive director of the ACLJ,who represents Pastor Saeed’s wife and childrenliving in the US. “From the very beginning, Iranianauthorities have lied about all aspects of this case,even releasing rumors of his expected release. Iran

has not only abused its own laws, it has trampled

on the fundamentals of human rights. We call onthe citizens of the world to rise up in protest. Wecall on governments around the world to stand anddefend Pastor Saeed.”

Sekulow added, “Here’s the troubling reality:

we have a US citizen, who has been beaten and tortured since his imprisonment last fall [and] is nowfacing eight years in Evin Prison, one of the mostbrutal prisons in Iran. A harsh sentence in a notorious prison—likely facing life-threatening torture

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and abuse at the hands of the Iranian regime.Simply because of his Christian faith.”

The ACLJ has been working with the USgovernment and at the United Nations togenerate support for Pastor Saeed. Both the

White House and the US State Department

have condemned Iran and called for PastorSaeed’s release.

US Church Giving Fallsdespite Rise inCharitable Giving (3)

Americans are giving more to charity, butthe church is increasingly getting less of that

goodwill—at least $i billion less this year

alone, according to the Atlas of Giving. And

while religion remains the largest giving sector

in America, its share of the pie will decline

from 36 percent to 3 percent this year despite overall increases in charitable giving.

Tom Hampson, director of constituent engagement at Church World Service, says that

although his organization projected meeting

its fund-raising goal for 2013, they are cur

rently weathering a decline in church giving.

“We are seeing a decline in congregation giving for us,” he said in an interview with TheChristian Post. “While the recession seemsto be receding, the experience of lots of non-

profits is still a daunting environment.”Major Ron Busroe says that in the last

five years, the Salvation Army has enjoyedan increase in giving every year. Last year,however, they posted the smallest increase

of the period. And while he acknowledges

that significant election spending played a

role in the crimped giving, he says the dropin giving is an indication of a more telling

issue in the church. “We are observing moreand more people identifying themselves as‘no religion,’ so consequently, if they have no

religion, then they are not going to give to the

church, the synagogue, or the temple. That

group of people is going to start having some

impact on charitable giving,” Busroe said.

This month you can... Write to YourGovernment Representatives

M any Christians complainthat their voices are not

heard by their elected offi

cials but don’t take the timeto write them. In the age ofe-mail, contacting your elected officials has never beeneasier.

Not sure who your electedofficials are? Start by visitingwww.usa.gov. The websiteprovides lists of all senatorsand representatives, as well

as a list of state governorsand state legislators, plus alist of governmental agencies, and gives their mailingaddresses as well as their email addresses.

One congressional representative from Illinois confirmed that e-mail is the bestway to get in touch. He saidthat his staff does a verythorough job of reading eachand every e-mail—and that

he reads many of them aswell. He suggested that using“form e-mails” was not an ef

fective method of communication, saying that it is moreeffective to write short, personal e-mails. “They do getread,” he stated.

Take a moment today andwrite to your representatives.Tell them how you feel aboutupcoming legislation. And tellthem you are praying forthem.

ehurch AroundtheWORLD

Europeans LaunchCampaign: Life Starts atConception (4)

Pro-life groups from 20 different countries

have launched a petition to ask the European

Parliament to recognize that life begins atconception. The “One of Us” initiative is thefirst of its kind in Europe and represents alarger effort to forge a cohesive continentalpro-life movement. According to the petition’s website, “One of Us” has “greaterpolitical potential than any other initiative

that has been undertaken sofarto protect thedignity of the person and life from conception

at a European scale.”The petition aims to collect one million

signatures in at least 7 of the 27 countries of

the European Union by November, forcing theStrasbourg, France—based European Parlia

ment to schedule a debate on the issue. Still,

pro-life groups recognize that the European

Union doesn’t have the power to address

abortion issues, which are regulated by each

member state. In most European countries,

with the exception of Ireland and Malta,abortion within the first trimester is generally

legal.

Scientists Strive to SaveDying Spoken Languageof JesusBritish scientists are attempting to preserve

the Aramaic language, which was most likely

spoken by Jesus. The language, tied to He

brew and Arabic, was used in Israel from

539 BC to 70 AD.University of Cambridge professor of lin

guistics Geoffrey Khan began the quest torecord the ancient language before it finally

disappears. Professor Khan decided to record

the language afterspeakingto ajew from Erbil

in northern Iraq. “To discover a living lan

guage through the lips of a living person, it

was just incredibly exhilarating,” he said.

By recording some of the remaining na

tive Aramaic speakers, the linguist hopes to

preserve the 3,000-year-old language on theverge of extinction. Speakers can be found in

different parts of the world, from America to

Iraq. Khan is working on a Web-based data

base of text and audio recordings that allows

word-by-word comparisons across dozens of

Aramaic dialects.Aramaic, which belongs to the Semitic

family of languages, is known for its use in

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Scientists Strive to Save, continued from page 3

and Ezra. It is also the main language of Rabbinic Judaism’s key text, the Talmud, andparts of the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls werewritten in Aramaic.

Africa Rises, China Fallson Christian PersecutionLi StThe persecution of Christians “vastly rose” in2012 as radical Islamists consolidated powerin Africa, according to Open Doors, a Christian missionary organization that publishesthe World Watch List, an annual list of offending nations.

Increasing threats to African Christians canbe seen in focused attacks, such as the killings of Christians in Nigerian churches by theradical Muslim group Boko Haram, but also inthe greater prevalence of radical Muslims ingovernment. In Mali, for example, which madethe biggest leap on the World Watch List fromunranked in 2011 to number seven in 2012,

a coup in the north brought fundamentalist Muslims to power. Christians there are ingrave danger.

North Korea topped the Open Doors list forthe iith year in a row, followed by Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia. The group

estimates that as many as 70,000 Christiansare imprisoned in North Korea simply for beingChristian, and the act of carrying a Bible canresult in execution. In neighboring China, thepicture for Christians continues to improve,as that country slid from 21 in 2011 to 37 in2012—a stark difference from its top-b ranking five years ago.

Syria, now in the throes of a bloody revolution, became a country of particular concernfor the group, which pegged it at number ii

in 2012 and number 36 the previous year,the report’s second-biggest jump. OpenDoors reports that under President Basharal-Assad, who is now waging a ruthless campaign against Syrian rebels, “Christians wereallowed the freedom to worship but not evangelize.”

Unbelief is World’sThird-Largest“Religion”A new report on global religious identityshows that while Christians and Muslimsmake up the two largest groups, those withno religious affiliation—including atheistsand agnostics—are now the third-largest“religious” group in the world. The study bythe Pew Forum on Religion found that morethan 8 in 10 (84 percent) of the world’s

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lion people adhere to some form of religion.Christians make up the largest group with2.2 billion adherents, or 32 percent worldwide, followed by Muslims with 1.6 billionadherents, or 23 percent. Close behind arethe “nones”—those who say they have no religious affiliation or say they do not believe inGod—at i.i billion, or 16 percent.

I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them;intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. 1rIMOTHY2rt

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WE WELCOME YOU!There are many good reasons for coming to church, but we hopethat your joining us this morning includes the best reason: to thankand worship God for His amazing love revealed in the birth, life, andministry, the suffering and death, and the wondrous resurrection ofour Lord Jesus Christ! This is what our church is all about! If youare visiting today, please fill out a guest card and bring it to ourWelcome Center in the foyer and receive a free gift. Thank youand visit us again!

The mission of our church is to prayerfullyprepare believers for worshiping God, serving

Christ, loving one another, andreaching out to others!

2013 YEAR VERSE“Let us consider how we may spur one another

on toward love and good deeds.”Hebrews 10:24‘ WE INVITE YOU TO PARTAKE of the Lord’s Table this

morning - whether you are a visitor or regular-attender - youare trusting Jesus Christ alone for salvation and if there is no

known unconfessed sin in your life.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR GRADUATES!We are praying for you!

LADIES!Don’t forget to sign up (right after service today)

For the May 1 1 Ladies’ & Girls’ Tea!(see today’s insert)

ç A list of May birthdays and anniversaries of regular-attenders‘v” of Grace Bible is on the kitchen door. Please make (legible)corrections/additions right on the list. Thank you!

DID YOU KNOW? On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed the second Sunday in May to be “Mother’s Day”!

WE ARE CONSIDERING splitting the 1st - 6th grade Sunday Schoolinto 3 groups instead of 2. We need a teacher! Please contactBernie Corner if you can help. Thank you!

We are thinking about having a garage sale here at the church onJune 1 to raise money to buy some new equipment for the churchplayground. If you can help with this sale on Friday evening, May 31or Sat., June 1, please let Linda Luginbuhl know as soon as possible.Thanks!

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